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All the ideas for '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals', 'Ethics of Ambiguity' and 'Letters to Descartes'

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17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
23222 A soul with physical extension is more likely than an immaterial soul that moves bodies [Elizabeth]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
1477 Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
1478 Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
20761 If existence is absurd it can never have a meaning [Beauvoir]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality
1479 Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]